Roesner, Carl#
Roesner, Carl, b. Vienna, June 19, 1804, d. Steyr (Upper Austria), July 13, 1869, architect. Studied in Vienna and Rome; from 1826 at the Vienna Academy first as a corrector, then from 1835, as a professor; deputy editor of the "Allgemeine Bauzeitung". One of the group around C. M. Hofbauer concentrated particularly on sacred art. of great importance to the romantic idea of the total work of art ("Gesamtkunstwerk") and to Viennese architecture. Most important buildings mainly outside Austria.
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Vienna: Erloeserkirche (formerly Redemptoristinnenkirche), 1836; Meidlinger Pfarrkirche 1845; Joh.-v.-Nepomuk-Kirche, 1846; Arsenalkirche 1856; Hietzinger Pfarrkirche (structural alterations), 1864. - Slawenapostelkirche Prague, 1863 (with I. Ullmann); St.-Josephs-Kirche, Kalocsa (Hungary), 1859; Dom Diakovár, Djakovo (Croatia), 1866.Literature#
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